SwiftQuill

"men bad"

I'm not following this thread too closely but I feel this comment is very accurate. Or at least it's the way I look at the conflict as well. But people often dismiss me as "right wing" for not pretending Israelis are devils and Hamas are innocent angels.

Men are betacucks these days and it's ugh. But I don't blame them. Society demonizes most forms of masculinity these days. Nowadays the ideal male is: Feminist Soft spoken Respectful Asexual Politically correct And if you dare go outside the ideal norm by one milimeter you are called a "toxic male". And the hypocrisy is that the same people who were against the traditional masculine role, for being "oppressive" and "restrictive", rather than ending that role, they created a replacement for it. It's completely reversed but in terms of structure the situation is the same. In the past, if you didn't dominate your wife, have big muscles and have a moustache, you were a "weak man". Nowadays, if you watch Joe Rogan, or express your interest in women, or you swear a lot or like something violent and edgy, or are politically incorrect, you are a "toxic male". So really I neither blame the betacucks, nor the cuckservatives. It's just society's stupid standards. Just fuck these restrictive ideas of how men should be. Be authentic. And also I suggest giving every individual a chance before dismissing them. Don't assume all men are betacucks. You might be going a bit far to start off treating everyone as a child.

I would like it if Leo made a new video on the topic. The original videos about the Law of Attraction are quite old and he surely has had many insights in the meantime. Law of Attraction would deserve a 2 hour long video in my opinion, with some metaphysical concepts in the mix.

I'm writing my 4th novel. Title: Sadistic Animals Format: Minimum 30 black-and-white anime-style illustrations Genre: Grimdark Fantasy Synopsis: When humans die, they awaken in Naraka, a realm from Buddhist mythology reimagined as a frozen purgatory. It is a vast tundra of perpetual snowfall, where the dead are stripped of memory and reborn in monstrous, bestial forms. Clawed, furred, and unrecognizable, these creatures retain only the vague knowledge that they were once human. At the heart of this icy world stands a massive coliseum, a grotesque monument where the souls of the dead are forced to fight for survival. The closer one remains to the arena, the more tolerable the cold, but venturing too far means succumbing to the frost, becoming a silent statue of ice. The world outside the coliseum is barren, surreal, and haunted by strange, terrifying beasts. This is a place where language is harsh, instincts override reason, and violence is the only law. Emotions are heightened, behavior is erratic, and every encounter teeters between brutality and survival. In this chaos, the dead cling to whatever identity they can. The story follows Malys, a woman who awakens inside a cage beneath the arena stands. She remembers nothing of her life, only a cold certainty that she once lived differently. Thrown into a blood-soaked arena with no explanation, she is forced to fight, and win. Each battle in Naraka begins with a stark visual: a black-and-white portrait of the two combatants, their names, and a chilling “VS” separating them. With every victory, Malys descends deeper into this nightmarish system, and deeper into herself. Alongside her, a cast of other damned souls emerges: fighters, monsters, outcasts, and philosophers, each warped by their past and their form. Among them is a silent prisoner who shares her cell, and who may hold answers she doesn’t yet know to seek. Between the battles, three haunting interludes appear, written as stage plays. These theatrical chapters dramatize moments from Malys’s human life, subtly revealing who she once was and how her choices echo into her afterlife. They serve as emotional counterpoints to the savagery of the present, glimpses of a colder cruelty not born of teeth or claws, but of ambition, ego, and emotional detachment. Themes: Moral ambiguity and karmic consequence Guilt, self righteousness, forgiveness The fragility of identity Ego, power, and the nature of redemption The collapse of reason in the face of primal survival, depravity and vilolence Style: Edgy, violent, explicit visually and in terms of dialogue Esoteric Illustrations: I'm indecisive whether I should draw the illustrations myself or hire an artist. I am a below average artist. Even to draw something simple it can take me many hours. I'm also not good at drawing anime style nor anything supernatural like monsters and claws and wings and shit. The thing is I'm betting it's going to cost me a shit ton of money if I hire someone to produce these illustrations. But I'll focus on the illustrations only after the writing is done, which is going to take a few months.

@Rafael Thundercat it's just a blog. I post my journal there, life goals, vents and reflections, art. Just a personal blog.

I'm merely reiterating JP's argument. It's been over a year so I don't recall his exact words. But according to his explanation, I would say faith is the best word. It's better, more accurate than confidence or hope. But it's fine if you want to use other words. I get the religious connotation can be offputting. I'm ok with using faith though.

I think you misunderstood my initial post. This is precisely my point. Faith is specifically when you believe in something while lacking evidence. Especially if you don't have historical success or sufficient data to believe in it. Think about it, how am I supposed to have faith in getting a girlfriend, if I've never had one? If there's no history of success. If there's insufficient data (contradictory information on the topic given to me all the time, whether it's possible or impossible or probable or improbable). How am I supposed to start a revolutionary business idea if by its nature, it's revolutionary, it's too new, there isn't data on it. I absolutely don't know if it will work. You absolutely don't know. And you don't have assurance. These are examples of critical points in life, critical decisions to make. And I think for these types of decisions, faith is mandatory. Which isn't to say you are delusional about it. It's not to say you are 100% attached to the idea, 100% convinced. It's not blind faith in the same way dogmatic fundamentalist theists apply it. And sometimes you have faith in something that doesn't fit neatly in what is considered scientific or logical.

I hate it.

@koops @Aaron p JP mentioned that. Yes people feel an aversion to faith because of its connotation. But faith is different than hope. And it's hard to explain. I don't recall too well the way he explained the difference. The way I see it, it's hoe the bible puts it. "Faith is to believe even without having seen evidence." Faith comes from within. Hope is more of a flimsy temporary emotion. Like "motivation". You can't rely on motivation to go to the gym. And you can't rely on hope in life. It's difficult to explain.

Low IQ response

@Husseinisdoingfine I used all the answers in this thread, for the survey PoliticsScales (I didn't use the Left Wing values one or whatever). I created a form with Google Forms. And I filled the answers to the form according to the responses in this thread. It generated these graphs and statistics at the end. I

I've analysed 25 of the responses to the survey in this thread. Here are the findings. 1 - The top 3 values The most commonly picked values are Humanity (72%), Socialism (64%), and Equality (56%). 2 - The most common combination The most common combination is Equality - Humanity - Socialism (8/25). 3 - Constructivism vs. Essentialism In these scales, 1 represents the value to the left (in this case, Constructivism), 2 represents slight inclination to the left, 3, means balanced/neutral, 4 means slightly to the right (in this case, Essentialism), and 5 very strong to the value on the right. Nothing to conclude here. The responses are quite varied. 4 - Rehabilitative Justice vs. Punitive Justice Again, some people lean heavily toward rehabilitation, but still varied responses. 5 - Progressive vs. Conservative This is where it gets interesting. People lean quite heavily toward progressivism. I myself scored high in this axis. 6 - Internationalism vs. Nationalism As expected, progressivism correlates with internationalism. 7 - Communism vs. Capitalism Also as expected, progressivism correlates with redistribution of wealth (left wing economic policies). Although there is a decent number of nuanced people, right in the middle of the spectrum. Little support for right wing economics. 8 - Regulation vs. Laissez-faire This is my favorite axis. Almost no one falls for the anarcho capitalism BS lol. I mean, one person does. But still, we need to be careful, because excessive economic regulation can indeed harm the market. So I suspect this is again left wing naivety when it comes to economics. 9 - Ecology vs. Production Not sure what to make of this. Disperse responses once again, I suppose. 10 - Revolution vs. Reform Finally, we have revolution vs reform. I am glad to see most people aren't typical radical leftists who think protesting and destroying the government will somehow resolve the issues of the world. A strong inclination toward reform as an answer. Which does somewhat contradict the leftist stereotype. Interesting stuff.

@Terell Kirby read literally the first sentence of the post.

@Puer Aeternus it's hard to gain faith. Especially if you've been in a shitty life situation for a very long time. In my case, the moments that made me gain faith were those when I had small wins. - Managed to write my first novel => I gained faith in my creativity and persistence - Managed to get a 100% remote job (after 100 job rejections) => I gained faith in my career, professional competence, and ability to thrive in late stage capitalism - Managed to overcome victim mindset through a lot of reflection and journaling => gained faith in my ability to improve myself

I'm sorry to hear about it. That sounds like a really tough combination. And I'm no psychologist or anything, but to answer your question, I do believe you can live a good, fulfilling life. I met a teacher once who had Bipolar. She struggled, but overall she had a good life. Husband, career, health, looks (she was hot). I've met a few people with OCD. Again, I've heard some of their struggles (one of them used to wash their hands excessively). But they all live ok lives (job, physical health, mental health I'm not sure, haven't spoken to them in a while). I do suspect I have ADHD. I've also been diagnosed with high functioning autism. Autism is a huge pain in the fucking ass and it makes me feel alienated at times. But really, overall, I have a good life. Family, healthy, a good career, a life purpose. From the way you describe it to me, it seems more like you suffer more from physical health issues than mental health. If you feel tired all the time, it can be related to your nutrition. Or maybe depression (I consider depression physical health in certain cases).

Actualized.org users attacking right wing grifters:

Sam Seder = left-wing mental gymnastics. Also bonus points for strawmanning Konstantin and Francis by calling them "right wing conservatives". Anyone who is remotely critical of anything from the left = right wing alt right far right conservative racist sexist bigot.

Roots I come from a lower-middle income family. My parents divorced when I was a teen, one of them lost their job, and the other had their sallary cut. I experienced a long period in my life living financial scarcity. Even basic shit like buying deodorant, buying new clothes, it was a struggle. When I turned 17 I started looking for a job. But even that was incredibly difficult. Because I couldn't bring normal clothes to job interviews, only old ones. And often times I couldn't even go to the interview, because it was in the center of the city, and I couldn't afford to buy the bus ticket to go there. This period of scarcity lasted about 8 years. *** Change When I finished college (degree in IT) I got my first job. My first sallary was a bit low, but I was content with it. Over the years I got raises in my sallary. Now, I make about twice minimum wage (I make 1400€ a month, in Portugal). I experienced a huge shift in my life. From lower-middle income to middle income, life changes a lot. I no longer feel like I'm suffocating on a daily basis. I can actually afford to do normal things like go to the theater and even buy myself a few treats like videogames once in a while. *** Present Day My biggest issue now is I've become a workaholic. I feel fine now, content with my sallary, but I am always worried in the back of my mind. Especially now that AI is taking over so many programmers' jobs. The thing that stresses me so much about the IT industry is there's such a bullshit large amount of technologies they expect you to master. Backend development (which I have mastered) Frontend development (not mastered) Database management (mastered) Scrum (mastered) DevOps (not mastered) Cloud (not mastered) Networking (not mastered) Cyber security (not mastered) Docker + Kubernetes (not mastered) To the 99% of you who aren't in the IT industry, this is alien stuff. But I'm telling you the IT market expects software engineers to know all of these. And each single line above takes a really really long time to master. Currently, I'm touching a bit on frontend development in my free time. But it's so fucking stressful. It sucks ending my 8 hour shift and then going back to programming and studying. It's exhausting. And whenever I'm not studying IT concepts or new tech, I feel guilty on the inside. It's been ruining my life satisfaction. Stage orange capitalism has gone so far here in Portugal. It's so fucked up. I've developed workaholic tendencies out of my need to survive in this market, and because of my past circumstances (no way in fucking hell I want to go through that period in my life ever again). I'm half venting, half asking for advice. I just want to enjoy my life more and worry less about this bullshit. Edit: I'm also currenty doing a Master's in Business Management in my free time. I expect to conclude it in 6 months.

I started hitting the gym last week. And yeah my sleep has been fucked lately I fall asleep very late. But even on days when I had a decent amount of sleep I still struggle to focus on my thesis.

Putting the blame on women does nothing to solve the issue. Besides, if I were a 5/10 Becky who has chads messaging her all the time on social media, plus being brainwashed by late stage feminism, it's no wonder the situation has become like this. There are other groups of people I would blame more than women. But I won't get into that. As for grifting, the thing is that it attracts bad luck. It can send you in a bad path. And besides that, even to become a grifter requires skill. You need to learn to edit videos, be charismatic, all of that. So you might as well put the same amount of effort into a non grifting career.

@Snt_lk Good job starting a company. I plan on starting a business as well, but only next year. As for money advice, I can't help you. I'm also a wagecuck. As for sanity advice, I say you need to identify your people pleasing tendencies. Here are examples I identified in myself: Saying "yes" immediately, and all the time. Staying up late at work. Avoiding confrontations with coworkers. Overapologizing (I used to start many emails with "I'm sorry for bothering" and even be like that in person). Overexplaining myself ("I understand you want me to do this, but you see, I have a lot of work on my pipeline right now, and the priorities bla bla bla..) Avoiding confrontations with my employer. I've had times when my employer was quite toxic. Yelling at me. I should have told him (politely and calmly) that I do not tolerate that kind of treatment. I may deserve to be scolded for something I did but not YELLED AT. If you are too nice in this world, your mental health will become a wreck.

@Snt_lk late stage capitalism gaslights you into thinking if you are cooperative and hard working you'll be fine. You won't. They use your humility and your kind hearted nature to exploit you. Employers will exploit you and coworkers will fuck you in the ass. I suffered a lot at work for most of my life because of my people pleasing tendencies. I used to think if I put in that extra hour of work at the end of the day, if I do that one task (that's outside my department's focus), if I cooperate with my difficult coworker, if I do what they want, everything will be easier. But it simply doesn't work that way. If you are a workaholic, they will use that against you. If you work 1 extra hour every single day, the one day you don't do it, your employer will say you're lazy. If you do your coworker's task, at the cost of your own productivity, you will be punished for it. It's crucial to find a healthy middle ground. I'm working on it myself to this day. Earlier this year I had a female coworker (a feminist) who always interpreted my requests for help as some sort of attention grabbing scheme. Like dude, I'm a programmer, and I need to discuss with programmers in the same project... about the project's details. I won't get into too much detail, but she refused to do Microsoft Teams meetings with me, she was very hostile to me all the time, even for asking simple, "yes" or "no" questions about the project. I tried everything, but she didn't cooperate. My team leader told me "oh well she's a bit difficult to work with but I'm sure you can find a way to make it work". This is gaslighting. I did all sorts of retarded things, way outside my list of responsibilities, and our project suffered a lot of delays and hinderances, because she refused to interact with me. So I quit that job. But the lesson here is to never reach the same point I did. Don't bend over backwards for an employer or a coworker. It simply doesn't work. Not worth it. I should have stood my ground earlier and not let her get away with so much shit.

It's all fake news.